Tea-candle cards

To fill my stand at the upcoming Christmas fair, I made some tea-candle cards. These are great, as they are easy to make and you have unlimited possibilities to decorate them, and you can easily vary the size.

I used some tea-candle of an average size, this means: the smaller ones (about 1.5 inches), most are even scented and coloured.
The bigger cards contain 3 of them. The smaller cards are not proper cards - they just have one big candle.

When I was shopping, I found some bathing tabs with natural healing essences - almost the same size of the big candles. I had to modify the pattern for the card only slightly.

I printed all the saying myself, as my stamps usually are in English, and I realised that, even though everyone speaks at least a little bit English, people here in Switzerland normally prefer German texts on Christmas cards.

I think these are great small gifts, something that doesn't cost much and are perfect to give someone you just want to say "Merry Christmas" - instead of the same "flat" cards you write each year. And I had so much fun making them - I hope I can sell some of them. Otherwise I have to give them all to my neighbours, to my husand's cousins...

More Christmas Cards

Ich nehme bald an einem Weihnachtsmarkt teil. In erster Linie möchte ich natürlich meine Teddies von den Alba Bears zeigen. Und wer weiss, vielleicht finden sie ein neues Zuhause... Meine Bären sind alle Unikate und in vielen Stunden Handarbeit gefertigt, allerdings bezweifle ich, dass das alle Marktbesucher auch schätzen. Für die, die nicht viel Geld ausgeben möchten, habe ich deshalb einen ziemlich grossen Stapel von Karten gebastelt. Mein Cuttlebug lief heiss, und mein armer Mann musste sich ein paar Tage lang mit kleinen Papierschnipseln am Boden abfinden. (Ah, deshalb heisst es wohl Scrapbooking... haha!) Hier ist ein Beispiel für meinen kreativen Anfall.

In a few days there will be a Christmas fair. Of course, I will show my teddies from Alba Bears and other creations. And who knows, some of them could find a new home. My teddies are all one of a kind and it takes a lot of time to make them, but I doubt that everyone will appreciate such labour. For those who don't want to spend much money, I made a huge pile of cards, Christmas cards. My Cuttlebug was steaming, and my poor husband had to live in a home with loads of scraps everywhre. (That's probably why it's called scrapbooking... lol!) Here is one of the cards I created.



Der Teddy ist ein Die Cut, aber die Details sind alle von Hand gemalt.

The teddy bear is a die cut, but all details are handpainted.

A simple Christmas Card

Heute habe ich schnell mal eine Weihnachtskarte gebastelt. Nachdem ich die letzte Woche für den kommenden Weihnachtsmarkt einen ganzen Stapel Karten erstellt habe mit gestanzten Motiven, hat es mich richtig in den Fingern gejuckt, meinen neuen Weihnachts-Stempel von Whiff of Joy und die noch etwas ungewohnten Twinkling H2Os für die Colorierung auszuprobieren. Da ich nicht so viel Zeit hatte, musste ich die Karte einfach halten.

Today I created a quick Christmas card. As I had made a huge pile of cards with die cuts during the whole last week fpr the upcoming Christmas fair, I was eager to try my new Christmas stamp I bought at Whiff of Joy. I also had to practise with the Twinkling H2Os for colouring. As I didn't have much time, the card had to be simple.



Ich liebe die Stempel von Whiff of Joy. Die Motive sind immer total süss, die Qualität ist super, und der Service ist ganz toll!

I absolutely love the stamps from Whiff of Joy. The designs are adorbale, the quality is superbe, and their service is great. One of my favourite shop!